'Skyhook' and other CIA spyware

October 16, 2012

Central Intelligence Agency

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An S-1010 pressure suit for a U-2R spy plane. At altitudes above 63,000 feet without artificial air pressure, human blood and other fluids boil. Pressure suits prevented this in the event of cockpit depressurization and protected pilots from low temperatures that reached about minus 70 degrees at U-2 mission altitudes. If the pilot had to eject, he would free fall for two to three minutes before parachute deployment. The suit also provided flotation for a water landing. The helmet includes a one-way exhalation valve near the right cheek, allowing breath to pass from a section over the eyes, nose, mouth and chin to a second compartment housing the rest of the head. The pilot could ingest liquid and paste food through a feeding port in the front of the helmet.

Central Intelligence Agency

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An S-1010 pressure suit for a U-2R spy plane. At altitudes above 63,000 feet without artificial air pressure, human blood and other fluids boil. Pressure suits prevented this in the event of cockpit depressurization and protected pilots from low temperatures that reached about minus 70 degrees at U-2 mission altitudes. If the pilot had to eject, he would free fall for two to three minutes before parachute deployment. The suit also provided flotation for a water landing. The helmet includes a one-way exhalation valve near the right cheek, allowing breath to pass from a section over the eyes, nose, mouth and chin to a second compartment housing the rest of the head. The pilot could ingest liquid and paste food through a feeding port in the front of the helmet.